Thorsten Andersson
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| Born | 23 February 1929 Ödeshög Municipality, Sweden |
| Died | 22 April 2018 (aged 89) Uppsala, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
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| Discipline | Toponymy |
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Karl Thorsten Gunnar Andersson (23 February 1929 – 4 April 2018) was a Swedish
toponymist, and a former Professor of Linguistics at Uppsala University
.
Biography
Karl Thorsten Gunnar Andersson was born in
Nordic languages. From 1971 to 1994, Andersson was Professor of Linguistics at Uppsala University.[1][2]
Andersson specialized in
place names and personal names. Andersson was a member of the Royal Society of the Humanities at Uppsala, the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy, the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. He died on 4 April 2018.[1][2]
Selected works
- Svenska häradsnamn, 1965
- Namn i Norden och det forna Europa, 1989
References
- ^ a b Hengst, Karlheinz (April 4, 2018). "Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thorsten Andersson verstorben" (in German). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Namenforschung. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "Thorsten Andersson" (in Swedish). Upsala Nya Tidning. May 20, 2018.
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